Fungal infections kill millions of people each year, and modern medicine is struggling to keep up. But researchers at ...

Figure 1: Overview of Cryptococcus neoformans transcription factors and strategies for their systematic deletion and phenome-based analysis. Figure 2: Phenome heat map created for C. neoformans TF ...

Bacterial and viral are the more prevalent and commonly discussed forms of meningitis, but one infectious disease expert at the University of Alabama at Birmingham says fungal meningitis stemming from ...

Ultimately, the goal is to find ways to stop deadly disease caused by Cryptococcus neoformans from developing in humans and animals. But until that time, finding new and better ways to treat already ...

A lab has completed a six-year study to examine the virulence of 38 clinical isolates from various strains of Cryptococcus. Ultimately, the goal is to find ways to stop deadly disease caused by ...

A fungus that can change its shape to fit into your brain has been discovered by scientists. Cryptococcus neoformans (C. neoformans), a pathogenic fungus, can shape-shift itself to fit through the ...

What is Cryptococcus, who does it affect and how many people does it kill each year? Cryptococcus is a fungus found in the environment throughout the world that is able to cause disease in humans.

The echinocandin derivative caspofungin (MK-0991, L-743,872) inhibits 1,3-β-D-glucan synthesis and is active against several medically important fungi but is relatively ineffective against ...